Gigabyte Custom 5870 grabbed..

[Hauk]

Looks nice..

The GIGABYTE GV-R587UD-1GD features GIGABYTE’s own Ultra Durable VGA Technology, which can provide outstanding overclocking capability, lower GPU temperature, and excellent power efficiency. GIGABYTE unique technology Ultra Durable VGA features 2 oz copper PCB board, Samsung and Hynix memory, Japanese solid capacitor, Ferrite /Metal Core Chokes, and Low RDS (on) MOSFET. Compared with traditional graphics accelerators, Ultra Durable VGA graphics accelerators can lower GPU temperature by 5%~10%, decrease power switching loss by 10%~30%, and increase overclocking capability by 10%~30%. GIGABYTE Ultra Durable VGA graphics accelerator GV-R587UD-1GD, GV-R585OC-1GD and GV-R583UD-1GD can provide truly “high-performance” and “green” graphic card resolutions.

Anti-turbulence Inclined Dual Fan
The outstanding dual fan design doubles the cooling capability and offers extreme silent environment. GIGABYTE builds up an inclined cooling fan which helps heats can spread effectively from hot areas. 4 heat-pipes contribute to 13℃cooler than reference fansink.

 

[lavaheadache]

this may be the one for me. I absolutely love my ep45 ud3p

 

[ramj70]

I have a Gigabyte GTX275 super clocked that comes factory OC'd to 285 speeds and I have been very happy with it. Very well put together and no heat problems whatsoever. I don't think you will go wrong with getting it, looks like a sweet card

 

[lavaheadache]

they are listed on newegg already.... $409 + shipping

 

[ExcaliburMM]

Wish it had 2GB RAM, but certainly a nice card anyway.

 

[Hauk]

Wish it had 2GB RAM, but certainly a nice card anyway.

Me too..

 

[MrK6]

lol @ 2GB

Anyway, it'd be great if someone reviewed this thing and tried overclocking the hell out of it. And by overclocking the hell out of it I mean giving it some voltage and shooting for way past 1GHz, not getting to CCC limits and saying "HAI GUIZE, THIS CARD IZ GRE4T!!!"

Thanks for the heads up, OP.

 

[Dorkenstein]

Is it just me, or does the fan on this do pretty much nothing? I've got it at 60% and my temp at idle is 38c. It's the same temperature when the fan is at 25% also.

 

[Shmee]

lol @ 2GB

Anyway, it'd be great if someone reviewed this thing and tried overclocking the hell out of it. And by overclocking the hell out of it I mean giving it some voltage and shooting for way past 1GHz, not getting to CCC limits and saying "HAI GUIZE, THIS CARD IZ GRE4T!!!"

Thanks for the heads up, OP.

lol so true.

And I think you should set it to 100% and see if that helps

 

[Piotrsama]

Is it just me, or does the fan on this do pretty much nothing? I've got it at 60% and my temp at idle is 38c. It's the same temperature when the fan is at 25% also.

Maybe the software isn't changing the fan speed...
Do you hear more/less noise when changing the speed?

 

[3DVagabond]

lol @ 2GB

Anyway, it'd be great if someone reviewed this thing and tried overclocking the hell out of it. And by overclocking the hell out of it I mean giving it some voltage and shooting for way past 1GHz, not getting to CCC limits and saying "HAI GUIZE, THIS CARD IZ GRE4T!!!"

Thanks for the heads up, OP.

It's not always about gaming! People do use their computers for other things, you know. 2gig cards are useful when bouncing back and forth between multiple aps. Running BP3D (Bodypaint 3D) with Photoshop and UU3D (Ultimate Unwrap 3D). Large PSD files (20 files with 20 layers @ 2048*2048), etc...

 

[cbn]

How much better would these type of cards clock if they had triple slot coolers?

 

[MagickMan]

they are listed on newegg already.... $409 + shipping

wow, that's not bad at all. Was expecting @$450.

 

[Dorkenstein]

Maybe the software isn't changing the fan speed...
Do you hear more/less noise when changing the speed?

I don't hear a sound difference from where I'm sitting at all. MSI Afterburner says the fan is indeed at 60 percent. Not sure what to do.

 

[3DVagabond]

Is it possible that as TSMC gets the 40nm process working better and better that we would get chips that will clock better? Or does there definitely need a new stepping, or something, for that to happen?

 

[ElFenix]

Is it just me, or does the fan on this do pretty much nothing? I've got it at 60% and my temp at idle is 38c. It's the same temperature when the fan is at 25% also.

i'd be more concerned with what it does at load


where is the temp sensor located, anyway?

 

[happy medium]

I don't hear a sound difference from where I'm sitting at all. MSI Afterburner says the fan is indeed at 60 percent. Not sure what to do.

Afterburner does not always speed up my fan. I have it set at 50% and don't hear it but then I put it on 51% and I hear it rev up. Don't know why.:hmm:

 

[tweakboy]

That is one sexy card. Soo I don't get it is that or the 5870 the flagship card for AMD ?

Or is there such thing as a 5990 or 5980 and its like 700 bones almost.

So ya my question is what is the flagship model number of their most powerful card.

Also good pic up on this card. The cooling looks totally awesome and it's a good vendor.. congrats on your 5870 my friend. thx

 

[Dorkenstein]

i'd be more concerned with what it does at load


where is the temp sensor located, anyway?

I'm not sure. It's a fairly flimsy card so I installed it gingerly and closed the case up. I'll have to find out.

 

[Lonyo]

It's not always about gaming! People do use their computers for other things, you know. 2gig cards are useful when bouncing back and forth between multiple aps. Running BP3D (Bodypaint 3D) with Photoshop and UU3D (Ultimate Unwrap 3D). Large PSD files (20 files with 20 layers @ 2048*2048), etc...

2GB may potentially also help if someone is going for a 1920x1200x3 Eyefinity setup.

 

[ader098]

I also have one of these cards in my system, got tired of waiting for fermi and this card looked sweet.
There are a several things I have noticed:

1. My card doesnt lower clocks at idle, it runs stock clocks all the time. The Gigabyte press release for the card do mention Powerplay support and there is a review on New Egg of someone contacting Gigabyte support for the same issue and was
recommended a RMA.
2.The card doesnt overclock well, Im assuming it needs more voltage. MSI afterburner doesnt support voltage adjustment and "Gigabytes Ultra Durable Vga" overclocking utility gets released with the SOC edition. Maybe a bios flashto the SOC edition card might help if software adjustment is not possible and the
two pcbs are identical?
3. The card is fairly warm at 83c running Furmark for a few minutes although my room is fairly warm itself so that may not be so bad compared to stock cooling.
The memory chips have no heatsinks on them which makes me a little bit nervous about overclocking them.

Im actually happy with my purchase, no product is perfect and if it wasnt for the 1GB vram possibly limiting high res high AA settings I might have grabbed two of these for crossfire.
Still no real reviews for this card although I did find this chinese site site with nice pics of the naked board http://www.pcpop.com/doc/0/503/503232_1.shtml

 

[Dorkenstein]

Hey Ader, does the pcb of your card look a tiny bit 'baked'? Mine does. So far I'm pretty unimpressed with the card. I don't want to deal with newegg unless I absolutely have to, so I might just sell it.

 

[lavaheadache]

That is one sexy card. Soo I don't get it is that or the 5870 the flagship card for AMD ?

Or is there such thing as a 5990 or 5980 and its like 700 bones almost.

So ya my question is what is the flagship model number of their most powerful card.

Also good pic up on this card. The cooling looks totally awesome and it's a good vendor.. congrats on your 5870 my friend. thx

you have got to be one of the most confusing people on AT

 

[nohcho]

I don't know about these OEM's making non reference boards. After bad experience with XFX black non-reference PCB's where they cheaped out on components. those XFX cards ruined 4890 for me. I'm gonna stay away from non-reference for good. I have ASUS 5870 which is reference.

 

[RussianSensation]

Is it just me, or does the fan on this do pretty much nothing? I've got it at 60% and my temp at idle is 38c. It's the same temperature when the fan is at 25% also.

Try running it at 35% fan speed at 100% load and at 60% fan speed at 100% load. If you notice the difference at load, this means that at idle, the heatsink is already at the limit even with a 25% fan speed. In other words, if I were suddenly to put a 3,000 rpm fan on my Megahalems, it may not necessarily cool it much better due to physical limitations of the heatsink.

Either way 38*C at idle is amazing. My 4890 idles at 57*C in an Azza Solano case while Core i7 860 @ 3.9ghz load is ~ 60-62*C! So compared to my 4890, your card runs cool.